Oregon Statutes 435.215 – Right to accept or refuse services protected
(1) An individual’s acceptance or refusal to accept reproductive health care information and services may not:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 435.215
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(a) Be grounds for the loss of any privilege or immunity to which the individual is otherwise entitled; or
(b) Affect the individual’s right to receive public assistance, medical assistance, as defined in ORS § 414.025, or any other public benefit.
(2) An officer, employee or agent of a public body who is engaged in the provision of reproductive health care information and services:
(a) Shall advise every individual to whom the officer, employee or agent of a public body provides reproductive health care information and services, both orally and in writing, of the rights described under subsection (1) of this section;
(b) Shall recognize that the right to make decisions concerning reproductive health care is a fundamental personal right of the individual and that nothing in ORS § 435.190 to 435.245, 435.475 or 435.485 or ORS Chapter 436 in any way abridges that right; and
(c) May not require any individual to state the reason for accepting or refusing the offer of reproductive health care information and services. [1967 c.491 § 3; 1971 c.779 § 66; 1987 c.158 § 81; 2013 c.688 § 91; 2023 c.228 § 6]